The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-23

| OAuECn, VI TIE uhldmlu1 W
| habltation of any ether man?
One mans polygamy was suppressed
very successfully few days since. An
apostate Mormon, acting as deputy
marshal, shot Mormon for whom he
! had warrant on a charge of unlawful
| habitation. The man was on horse
| back. He was unarmed. The marshal
called on him to halt. and almost at the
same instant fired. The burden of the
| testimony shows the man did not try 70
escape, though there was absolutely no
! justification for the shooting even had
he endeavored to do so. In an hour the
| Mormon was dead. The murderer,
while being taken to Beaver, where the
| district court was in session, was met by
twelve or thirteen members of the grand
| jury, which he had selected on an open
Venire. This cavalcade carried refresh
ments, and the return trip was after the
style of the triumphal march of home
ward jOurneying hero. This same grand
jury investigated the murder and found
an indictment charging the deputy mar
shall with manslaughter. He was pro-
secuted by the Assistant. United States
Attorney for Utah who, during the trial,
declared in open court that unlawful CO.
habitation was a felony, when the
Uni ed States statute explicitly makes it
misdemeanor. The same prosecutor
told the jurors that the assassin should
be acquitted, and they obedie ntly re-
turned verdict of not guilty.
Mr.. Speaker, the declaration of an as.
sistant Attorney-GeneralO of the United
States, that it would be an act Of mercy
to put every adult Mormon to the
sword, is bearing fruit, The theory of
the clique bent Oh our destruction, that
Mormon is, in his nature. dangerous
criminal, Is bearing natural fruit. The
continued legislation which is being
driven through Congress and which,
with unerring certainty is hedging in
and trampling down the safeguards of
liberty to Mormons, is bearing fruit al
ter its kind. This bill, which renders it
possible to enlarge the powers Of Nor
mon haters and to swell their official
numbers will bear the same fruit. The
unlawful cohabitation of E NJ Dalton
was suppressed. This way of suppress
sion has received an impetus by the &C
quittal of his assassin. Where do you
expect this license by law and this i'm
munity from punishment by courts will
end? a Mormon boy, in a private
brawl with deputy marshal. in broad
daylight. and on a crowded street in
Salt Lake City, struck the deputy a
blow with his fist. For this offense he
was twice fined, and then sent to the
nenitentiary by the United States Judge.
A Mormon is killed in cold blood by a
deputy marshal, and the assassin is &C
quilted at the instance of the United
States prosecutor. This kind OF history
reads we'll, does it not? And it will inn
prove vastly with age.
In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, will say
that no community ever did exist that
at the same time was industrious and
thrifty and yet immoral, dishonest, and
disloyal. Men there may be bad to
degree that will not bear mention who
are also industrious, but communities
and nations never. History records no
such example. The industry and thrift
Of my constituents is admitted by their
bitterest and most fanatical enemies. |
They dare not deny it. Do a handful
of Mormons in the Rocky Mountains
set at defiance all that the experience of |
history has revealed2 Are they in the |
worlds history the solitary instance of |
thrift and morality, of industry and |
of probity and dishon-
esty, possessed of material wealth and |
yet dlsrespectful of property rights |
LNObAAuS OOuIQ Uc luOIC
History tells US, Mr.. Speaker, that |
where there is thrift and industry in a |
side by side with it will be |
ound morality. truthfulness, and 10y
.lity. The admission of the industry of |
The people of Utah destroys the whole |
Ease of their enemies. Industry and |
have ever been and will for
'ver remain incompatible in communi- |
les. But even were this not true, what |
ian you do by legislation? There is no |
the fact that industry could |
lot exist where property rights are not |
July respected and protected by law. |
The industry of Utah therefore signifies |
he existence of ample protection for |
rights. It has been stated by |
me of those now in Washington in the |
interest of this bill that one half the |
in Salt Lake is owned by Gen
lies. Taking his word as true, what |
does it show? That the very presence |
IF business ventures in Utah of so many |
persons intensely antagonistic to the |
Mormon people demonstrates the exis-
ence of laws covering property rights
absolutely.
What more can you do? You cannot
egislate the people industrious. The
history of all times contradicts such q
possibility. You cannot legislate people
nor can you legislate them
happy. All that you can do is to throw
around industrial communities those
which, while preserving
hem from Interference, still see that
,he rights of individuals in property are
that the people are not subject
20 destroying exactIons, nor to the fury
md bigotry of men invested with
power, and base enough to use it for
The injury of their fellows, for the limi
alton of their liberties, and for the
lnnulling of their rights. No sound
government policy dare go beyond this
No statesman dare attempt to do more
while he has any respect for his repd-
alton or regard for those lessons which
history teaches. In Utah what have
We found A people whose industrial
accomplishments are without rival in
modern times, if ever riNaled. Arbi-
.raEly, and with an utter disregard of
teaching and practical work
ng, this people has been assumed to be
With full knowledge that every at
empt at the introduction of morality
~ means of legislation is against all
'ood reason, men seem determined TO
egislate this people moral. You are